Extract text from Android assembly files (SMALI)
To convert SMALI assembly files to another format, you need Smali or other Developer software.
To convert other file formats to the "Assembly Code File" file type, you need software like Smali or a similar tool.
A .smali file is the human-readable representation of Android Dalvik bytecode. It is generated by disassembling compiled DEX (Dalvik Executable) files using the Smali/Baksmali toolchain. Security researchers, malware analysts, and Android modders use this format to reverse-engineer, inspect, or modify the behavior of Android applications (APK files).
Modifying .smali files directly is notoriously difficult. The format relies on a low-level, register-based architecture (using v0, v1, p0 syntax) rather than standard object-oriented programming. It lacks modern IDE support, and even a minor syntax error or incorrect local register count will prevent the app from recompiling or cause runtime crashes. Because the original source code is lost during Android app compilation, average developers find it highly impractical to read or maintain code in this format.
To understand the logic more easily, convert .smali to JAVA using a decompiler. To deploy your modifications, you must compile it back to DEX. For sharing snippets without requiring an IDE, convert it to standard TXT.
Convert.Guru analyzes your SMALI file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
Users also converted JAVA, DEX, ZIP, CLASS, TXT, VBP, APK, JAR, XAPK, JPG, CRV3D, MP4 and BUP files.
If you want to convert SMALI file to JAVA, DEX, JAR, JS, TS, PY, CPP, C, CS, PHP, RB or GO, you can use Smali or similar software from the "Android Reverse Engineering" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert SH, PY, KT, PS1, SWIFT, LUA, PL, JAVA, SCALA, JS, VBS or TS files to SMALI, try Smali or another comparable tool in the "Android Reverse Engineering" category.
The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our SMALI converter.